First local human case of West Nile virus in 2014 reported

SAN DIEGO – A 43-year-old Santee man has the first confirmed local case of West Nile virus (WNV) in 2014, the County Health and Human Services Agency reported on July 22. This is the first local human case since 2012.

The man had no symptoms, but the virus was detected during routine screening of blood he had donated earlier this month. The man did not recall any recent mosquito bites, but he had been camping outside the state the week before his blood was drawn.

The county’s Department of Environmental Health Vector Control Program is inspecting for potential mosquito breeding locations...